Be Visible to your Boss!!!

"To climb the corporate ladder, make sure you are visible to your boss, not just responsible for your functions." ... Jonathan Ooi

Many people work hard at the workplace, but most, if not all their hard work goes unnoticed and unappreciated in many instances. This is especially true with technical people. They work behind the scenes and at the back end. Though the results of their work are being experienced and noticed at the front end, but they, being at the back end, are usually neglected when it comes to recognition and acknowledgement.

Technical positions are not in any way, less superior than those front end jobs. The only thing that is less superior about such technical people, generally speaking, is their communication skills and showmanship skills.

Therefore, they have to learn to make themselves more visible to their bosses, just in cases, their bosses do not pay attention or take notice of their accomplishment behind the scenes.

They have to learn to communicate their achievements to their bosses through verbal or written communications. This will keep the bosses abreast of what is going on in their work, what problems have been identified and solved. A simple practice like this will make themselves more visible to the bosses. This will put them on visible and level field when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder.